Yes, I learned about fractions and decimals in elementary school.
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the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago0.33333… is what happens when you try to divide 10 by 3. This is because 10 is such a broken number that 1/3rd (a pretty common fraction) becomes an infinitely repeating decimal. In base12, 1/3rd is 4. Metric is broken by design because it’s based on base10. Lets take the lessons learned from the metric system and invent something new, something better, something base12.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 10 months ago
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Then why are you simping for base10 when you know enough math to understand that base12 is superior
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Base 12 would be better in many cases but I just don’t see anybody switching anytime soon. We would pretty much have to start over.
- me in another comment
FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Not 0.4?!
bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
And 12 doesn’t divide nicely by 5. So what?
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
How often in real life do you want a 5th of anything? Is it more often than a third or a quarter? I bet it’s not
bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Now look at your money and repeat that.